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Lorraine Beavers vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 287 different votes 291 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
264
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
231
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
9
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API